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The new contract ensures “safety guardrails” around AI, which includes “consent and disclosure requirements for AI digital replica use and the ability for performers to suspend consent for the generation of new material during a strike”.

Great to see. Now we’ll see if this actually ends all of the voice actor strikes in the industry. I know there were a bunch that started due to this strike but actually hinge on the company’s stance on allowing non-union members to remain non-union.

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The era of financing gooner skins for your waifu has arrived

Zoomboingding, 9 dni temu

Rofl this is what I most disagreed with as well. 3DS certainly had some bangers, but I think many would list it among the weakest first-party lineups

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We’ll have to see how Beast of Reincarnation turns out. Gamefreak’s other side games weren’t anything spectacular, except for Smart Ball.

youtu.be/H0r-Kap8kWI

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Highly recommended. It’s unintrusive and fast, and you only have to check it now and then to switch up your activity. Every time I go for a run or get groceries, I look forward to what I’ve found in game :D

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Have you played Prey? Only other game to scratch that same itch for me.

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Prey, System Shock 2, Outer Wilds, and Undertale are fully-realized microcosms where the primary game is unfolding the complex origami of the setting. All of them absolutely beautiful to experience.

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Haven’t actually played these two but from what I gather, they definitely fit the list!

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Yeah I think it became such a meme partially because the comic itself was out of place in CAD, but mostly for Buckley’s reputation. Plenty of other serial webcomics had similar range of tone and style.

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Yup, resolution is also way too high

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Check out Dragonsweeper! It’s a dungeoncrawler twist on minesweeper that also has a 100% determinable layout (once you understand the mechanics/behaviors)

Zoomboingding, 2 miesiące temu

Yup. Fan projects and indie games can fill this niche. Pokemon is the most profitable media franchise EVER. They should be innovating and improving, not chasing nostalgia.

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Big appreciation for Undertale, which has 3 major endings but hundreds of variations for each. It’s nice to have the game acknowledge what you did and give you resolution.

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Cave Story really isn’t a metroidvania. The path splits at points, but there’s very little choice where to explore. It’s just a platformer action shooter.

My favorite metroidvania has to be Aquaria. Vibes of the game are on point. The story is great for a game in that genre, and the traversal and combat are unique and tons of fun. Soundtrack is phenomenal.

Check out Gato Roboto if you want a metroidvania similar to Cave Story!

Zoomboingding, 2 miesiące temu

Chiming in with why I love SV: While the game itself is a new thing (well 9 years old at this point), it really feels like a product of an earlier time. And not just the graphics, music, gameplay, and plot. It lacks all the dark pattern mechanics and monetization that’s nearly inescapable in modern games. It just feels good to play, but always feels good to put down.

I just find the game endlessly charming. Every time I pick it up it reminds me of my childhood playing SNES.

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The team is 22 people… so that’s definitely not AAA

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For all its shit with killing fan projects, tournaments, and frivolous lawsuits, this is actually a legitimate case.

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Isn’t that background from the teaser for ES VI?

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Well we can’t say they didn’t try.

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Huh, this is 100% free. Looks like it’s a smaller version of Lunacid (which is $14)

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No seriously though, there’s a lot of places it looks like a personal art project. But the aesthetic is awesome and the setting looks interesting.

Zoomboingding, 3 miesiące temu

Yeah I’m just going to stick on Win 10 for a while. Apparently the enterprise version is getting support for longer so maybe I’ll see if I can get on that.

Zoomboingding, 3 miesiące temu

I think most people are more upset about Nintendo pushing an $80 price tag for first party games. TotK put a bad taste in a lot of peoples’ mouths, but it was both a technical marvel and highly anticipated. People were beyond hyped about the game years before we learned about the increased price.

Mario Kart World was announced out of the blue, and while it looks like a ton of fun, it’s not the same kind of ‘I would be disappointed if I didn’t play it before I died’ as TotK. So a further bump in price for it just feels awful.

Zoomboingding, 3 miesiące temu

Yup. I want to play Prime 4 and DK Bananza at some point. I don’t need to play them day 1, but I’ll want to play them eventually. And I’ll want to play the inevitable Pikmin 5 and Smash Bros 6.

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I can confirm

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It’s at least through this year with Prime 4 and Legends Z-A. I bet the price will make adoption slow and we’ll get major Switch 1 games through 2026.

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I’m personally very excited for Prime 4, DK Bananza, and Hyrule Warriors Imprisoning War, as well as F-Zero GX getting released from the vault. Maybe not hyped enough to pay day 1 prices though

Zoomboingding, 3 miesiące temu

Not always the case as with the swift price drop for the 3DS. Depends on what sales look like for the Switch 2. Maybe we’ll get an OLED version for $500 or something. But my gaming plate is pretty full, and I may just power through Prime 4 on Switch.

Zoomboingding, 4 miesiące temu

Counterpoint: Wanderstop just released and I’m going to enjoy it immensely. Stanley Parable/Beginner’s Guide + C418 music is tailor made for me.

Zoomboingding, 3 miesiące temu

Ah that’s a shame. The game looks nice, but there’s not that much going on, so you shouldn’t need an expensive rig to run it, so I imagine it’s a bit poorly optimized.

One day in and I’m loving it!

Zoomboingding, 5 miesięcy temu

Yup, we’ve played every Borderlands game, It Takes Two, Palworld, Rotwood, PlateUp, LEGO Harry Potter, Deep Rock Galactic, Outward, Stardew Valley, Cult of the Lamb, Sea of Thieves, Baldur’s Gate 3, Grounded, Don’t Starve Together… We also play other ‘competitive’ games co-op against bots, like in Beyond All Reason, Marvel Rivals, Overwatch, and Predecessor. I could go on but I could list games for a while. Definitely always looking for new ones though.

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Should really check that one out, I’ve always heard good things

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Say what you want, but Mavuika is fun as hell to play in overworld

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Nifflas doesn’t get enough recognition! I’m surprised they went with Within A Deep Forest though, I would have thought Night Sky is his most recognizable game.

That being said, his older works like WADF and Saira are great.

Zoomboingding, 5 miesięcy temu

Hell yeah, my group has been playing that for a few months now. I should donate to the devs because it’s such a great free game.

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Genshin is in year 5, so it’s still an impressive number. Plus they have 3 other live service games running concurrently (one released this past July)

Zoomboingding, 5 miesięcy temu

Yup, it doesn’t make a difference if you pay for:

• a box containing random items (Overwatch 1)
• a key to open boxes you find for free (Guild Wars 2)
• an incubator to hatch an egg with a random creature (Pokemon GO)
• a wish to reward a random character but there’s a guarantee after 80 wishes to get one exact character (Genshin Impact)

Zoomboingding, 5 miesięcy temu

At the same time, the Switch is such a solid console that a hardware upgrade with full backwards compatibility* is really the best case scenario. People have wanted a bigger screen, better chip, and better joysticks since launch, and now we’ll have them!

*the video says it’s not 100% compatible, but I’m assuming that’s for stuff like Labo and Ring Fit that need those exact joycon sizes/shapes.

Zoomboingding, 5 miesięcy temu

MARIO PAINT 2 BAYBEEEE

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Every studio does this though. “Media Blackout” is just everything up to the reveal trailer.

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It barely qualifies as a teaser, but I concede that.

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That would be an interesting challenge: to play a game suboptimally, intentionally rhythmic.

Zoomboingding, 6 miesięcy temu

HZD actually has a fantastic story and a great setting. With some recent successful game movies, I can see this one actually being good. But does Sony have much of a track record here? Uncharted was bad.

Zoomboingding, 6 miesięcy temu

Big shout out to Beyond All Reason. It’s an RTS game that’s free and open source that I’ve been playing with my friends for a few weeks now. Not even a fan of RTS games, but it’s a lot of fun to play co-op matches against AI.
www.beyondallreason.info

Zoomboingding, 6 miesięcy temu

Rotwood is a good one. Co-op Roguelite beat-em-up from the Don’t Starve guys.

Lethal Company is just lots of fun, we’ve gotten too much time out of that dumb game. Maybe check out Content Warning if you like LC but want a change.

Outward is a fantastic old-school RPG for two people, has all the traits of a game from 2002

Palworld - haven’t hopped back into this one since its launch but have been meaning to. But this type of game is definitely not underrepresented on the market.

Escape Simulator is a nice stress-free co-op escape room game, lots of official content and also has Steam Workshop so there’s tons of great content.

PlateUp! if you’re not worried about getting into a fight over how awful your buddy is at making food

Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos is a Zelda-like RPG that’s a surprising amount of fun for how simple the game first looks.

Other bigname recs: Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Baldur’s Gate 3, Sea of Thieves, Deep Rock Galactic, Stardew Valley

Zoomboingding, 7 miesięcy temu

they pay devs millions

I mean I see this as a good thing. I have to keep a separate launcher around but… at least that dev is getting a great deal and will probably be able to support that game for a while (or start their next one)

Zoomboingding, 7 miesięcy temu

Yeah I saw the thumbnail and ‘steam game’ and had a moment of confusion. Fantastic background music for D&D, and the animations are simple but endearing. Also, it looks like new lore in the steam app (world map)!! I do like this setting, and I’d like to learn more~

But yeah Blue Turtle doesn’t make the music, which is the highlight of the series. I wonder if the steam app licenses them? Or are they royalty free?

Zoomboingding, 7 miesięcy temu

Wise actually worked with OC Remix on the DKC album!

It’s fantastic to see an article like this in the Times. His work continues to be incredible, with more recent works like Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair and Gimmick 2.